Whitey Bulger will not testify; calls trial a ‘sham’
Source: Boston Globe
Notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger said today he would not take the stand at his racketeering and murder trial in US District Court in Boston, telling the judge that he felt the trial was a sham.
Bulger, who is accused of 19 murders during his terrifying reign in Boston’s underworld, told US District Court Judge Denise J. Casper that he wanted to testify, but because Casper would not allow him to claim that he was granted immunity by now-deceased federal prosecutor Jeremiah O’Sullivan, Bulger saw no reason to do so.
“I feel that I’ve been choked off from having an opportunity to give an adequate defense and explain about my conversation and agreement with Jeremiah O’Sullivan,’’ Bulger told Casper. “For my protection of his life, in return, he promised to give me immunity.’’
Casper interrupted him and reminded him that she had ruled that he could not raise the immunity claim during the trial.
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And did the late judge make this promise BEFORE or AFTER Bulger had been a fugitive for decades?
Hey, Whitey, I have a bridge in Brooklyn you might want to buy!
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